Awobayo Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awobayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awobayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1151:1,540,37258,295
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Awobayo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Awobayo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Awobayo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Awobayo.

How Common Is The Last Name Awobayo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awobayo is the 1,683,218th most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awobayo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Awobayo is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria Awobayo is most frequent in: Osun, where 36 percent are found, Ogun, where 34 percent are found and Lagos, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awobajo861,594/
Owobayo864/
Awebayo863/
Awobaye863/
Aawobajo802/
Awobgajo801/
Abobay772/
Awoboye71105/
Awobiye7190/
Owobayi7135/
Awobaju7115/
Awubaye7114/
Ababayo718/
Awebajo715/
Awobaje714/
Awubajo713/
Awobejo712/
Awobojo712/
Obabayo712/
Owobajo712/
Ewabayo711/
Ababiyo711/
Awoubou711/
Àwobajo711/
Awabajo711/
Hawabhay6717/
Aboubayi671/
Aboubaye671/
Owoebiyo671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awobayo
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